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Thus says Yahweh: If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
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As Sure as the Sunrise
Commentators unanimously highlight that God uses the unwavering reliability of nature as a powerful illustration of His own faithfulness. Just as you can count on day following night and the seasons proceeding in order, you can be absolutely certain that God will keep His covenant promises. As one scholar puts it, God's purposes in grace are even more firmly established than the laws of nature.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The ordinances of heaven and earth – that is, the whole order of nature. Nature is not more firmly established than God’s purposes in grace.…
19th Century
Anglican
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken... — The words that follow have been regarded by many commentators as t…
Baptist
This will be literally fulfilled in the latter days, I do not doubt, but it is even now being fulfilled to the spiritual seed of Jacob and David. T…
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16th Century
Protestant
Here God contrasts His steadfast faithfulness with their perverse murmurings, about which He had complained. He again uses the comparison previousl…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord In answer to the above calumny: if my covenant [is] not with day and night; …
To crown the blessings God has in store, here is a promise of the Messiah. He imparts righteousness to his church, for he is made by God to be righ…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he turns back the derision of the enemy.
First, the insult is given: two families, namely, the royal family …
